Musical Chairs

Pollster Frank Luntz says the GOP needs to gain the support of more independents if they want to win elections.

But I think I am more inclined to agree with Rush, who said this week that

"McCain's whole campaign was a concession speech." He also noted that if
Republicans wanted to win elections, they should not put so-called "moderates"
on the ballot." The conservative movement does not need to be rebuilt," he
said. "We had some people abandon the conservative movement, and they need to be abandoned."

I wonder if there were more than a few hard core conservatives who decided against casting a ballot for the man who proudly sponsored legislation to quash speech with McCain Feingold; refused to support tax cuts; supported amnesty for those who entered our borders illegally; was at the forefront of the bailout; and happily joins Democrats to accomplish THEIR goals. Maybe there was a large group that simply sat this one out.

As the power brokers of the GOP meet this week to begin discussing the direction of the party and who the "standard bearer" should be, as they all jockey for position and point fingers, I am quite certain that more than a few will propose that the Republican Party jettison the dragging weight of the right wingers, the "anti-intellectuals" like Sarah Palin and those evangelicals who simply won't change their values.

The so called anti-intellectuals are the people who value common sense, character, moral behavior, pure motives and hard work. Those who consider themselves the intellectuals among us appear to value their own station in life, money, power and elitism above all else. They have very little respect for anyone deemed to be boorish, of improper standing or simply the unwashed masses.

Washington Post article. As McCain returns to his cushy seat as a senator and the power brokers play musical chairs, it seems like a win-win for everyone. Pelosi and Reid gear up for an even more partisan Congress, and Obama picks the members of his new administration-its like Christmas! Wait...what did Jack and Jill get? Oh, yeah, the bill.